How to prepare bootable UEFI USB drive of Windows 10

How to prepare bootable UEFI USB drive of Windows 10

To prepare the bootable UEFI USB drive of Windows 10, we recommend using a free tool called Rufus  

We will be using the tool to prepare the bootable USB of Windows 10. And we will use the free Rufus tool to prepare bootable UEFI Windows 10 USB drive.

Bootable UEFI USB of Windows 10 using Rufus

Step 1: Download the latest version of Rufus. Rufus is a portable utility and hence doesn’t require an installation.

Step 2: Connect your 4GB+ USB drive to your PC where you have installed window. Be sure to backup all data from your USB drive.

Step 3: Run Rufus utility. Click Yes button when you see the UAC prompt to launch the tool.

Step 4: Under the Device section, select your USB drive that you want to make bootable, select MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI computers, or GPT partition scheme for UEFI computer depending the type of partition type on your PC. 



Step 5: Next, select the File system as FAT32 (default) as it supports both BIOS and UEFI. But if you’re sure that your PC doesn’t support UEFI, you can choose NTFS for a faster installation.


Step 6: Enter a volume label, click on the CD/DVD drive icon to browse to the Windows 10 ISO image file. Select the file.

Step 7: Finally, click Start button, click OK button when you see the warning dialog to continue its job. 





Once Rufus completes its job, you’ll see “Done” message. That’s it!


You can now open UEFI settings and make necessary changes to boot from USB drive. 



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